The former president visited the Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora on October 11 for a rally to rail against alleged Venezuelan gang activity and many, many other things, including Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Jared Polis, CBS and the New York Times.
After referencing Aurora's alleged gang problems during the presidential debate in September, Trump first said he'd visit the city during a rally in New York on September 18. His campaign subsequently announced the event in Colorado on October 7, calling Aurora a "war zone."
Police have confirmed a handful of crimes perpetrated by Venezuelans with links to the gang at an Aurora apartment complex and elsewhere in the city, and local officials have shut down the apartment complex and evicted its tenants. The Aurora Police Department has repeatedly said the incident and a handful of other violent crimes committed by Venezuelan immigrants in Aurora are not proof of gangs taking over apartment buildings, however.
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a Republican, has also disputed claims of gang "takeovers" in Aurora. Less than two hours after Trump's rally ended, Coffman sent out a statement criticizing "the mischaracterizations of our great community" and expressing a wish that Trump had visited more of Aurora instead of a resort and convention center that sits next to Denver International Airport.
Trump's hour-plus time on stage was full of fear-mongering and pumping up the crowd for Election Day. So, naturally, there were plenty of times when people were left wondering what the fuck he'd just said or if he really meant that shit. Here are five moments that stood out:
Trump Wants to Start "Operation Aurora" to Target Illegal Immigrants
San Antonio Police have dubbed a collaborative law enforcement effort to combat the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) as "Operation Aurora." During his rally, Trump said he likes the sound of that, and wants to turn it into a federally run operation if he's elected.
"I'm announcing we will have an Operation Aurora at the federal level," he said, adding that he will send "elite" federal immigrant and law enforcement agents "to deport every last one of them."
Trump also called for ten years in prison without parole for any illegal immigrant caught re-entering the country, and for the "death penalty for any migrant who kills any American citizen" before promising to "take back our suburbs."
That would be quite the legacy for Colorado's most diverse city.
Trump Uses Full Metal Jacket as a Window to the Good Ol' Days
Toward the end of the rally, Trump played a video meant to depict the softening of America's military under the Biden administration. His choice? R. Lee Ermey depicting Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket. You know, the movie made about the ugliness of war and military brainwashing. Ermey's character, whose screaming insults during drill instruction were shown throughout Trump's depiction of the good ol' days, was so abusive to his troops in Full Metal Jacket that he's murdered by one of his own men, who then kills himself.
In between shots of Full Metal Jacket, the video showed various transgender people, including United States Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, the country's first transgender federal official confirmed by the United States Senate. Levine is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

There were plenty of American flag, Jesus and eagle T-shirts at the Trump rally on October 11.
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"I've always had the ability to do a lot of things," Trump said of plans for his first day back in office. "We're also going to drill, baby, drill. On that same day, we will begin the task of deporting every single alien immigrant."
Not much to add there.
Trump Campaign Plays "YMCA" to Hype Up Crowd
Not once, but twice, did the Trump campaign play the Village People's "YMCA" people to hype up the rally crowd. The song, considered an unofficial anthem for the LGBTQ community, was played between Colorado GOP speakers and Trump's appearance, and then right after the former president exited after his 85-minute speech.
The rally also played "Give Me Everything," by Pitbull; "Great Balls of Fire," by Jerry Lee Lewis (as Lauren Boebert did a TV interview, no less); "Pinball Wizard," by the Who; "You Don't Own Me," by Lesley Gore; "Jolene," by Dolly Parton; "Eye of the Tiger," by Survivor; "Surfin' USA;" by the Beach Boys; "Live and Let Die," by Guns N' Roses; "Hot Stuff," by Donna Summer; "Roxanne," by the Police; "Thriller," by Michael Jackson; "I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues," by Elton John; "How Great Thou Art" and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," by Elvis; and "You're the One That I Want" (from Grease), by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
Just in case any attorneys representing these musicians are interested.
Trump Claims to Sleep With and Kiss Immigration Chart
What men of Trump's age haven't fallen asleep next to a nudie magazine or two? Immigration data sounds slightly harder to get off to, but that's not stopping the former president from trying. In the middle of a rant about Vice President Kamala Harris, illegal immigrants and Tren de Aragua, Trump pointed to a graphic showing alleged rising illegal immigration numbers since the day he left office.
"Four years ago we had the safest border in the history of the country," he said while pointing at the graphic. "That is the most beautiful graph I've ever seen...I take it home every night and sleep with it and kiss it."
Trump talked about "multiple apartment complexes" that have been taken over by a "savage gang" throughout his speech, as well.
"They come from the dungeons of the third world, and she has had them resettle into your community to prey upon innocent American citizens. In Aurora, multiple apartment complexes have been taken over. ... They're known as TdA. TdA has killed seven people today," Trump says, though there have been no reports of TdA murders in Colorado today — or this week.